Marianne Borg, the founding chair of our board and a retired Episcopal priest, continues to give sermons occasionally. Please find copies of her sermons in this category with the understanding that they are meant to be listened to out loud. If you would like to attend one of her sermons, please contact us to find out when the next one might be.
February 27, 2022The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells BorgLuke 9:28-36 (21-27) This is the Sunday before we begin the season of Lent. The Gospel story today is about the transfiguration of Jesus on a mountain top. At the end of Lent we […]
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Marianne gave a sermon on September 26, 2021 titled “On plucking out your eye and the kingdom of God.”The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells BorgTrinity Episcopal Church, Bend, Oregon Mark 9:38-50 9:38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting
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August 15, 2021 The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg Trinity Episcopal Church, Bend, Oregon John 6: 51-58 So what do we think is meant by eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Jesus. John writes “Unless you eat the
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July 18, 2021 Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56 The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg Trinity Episcopal Church, Bend, Oregon The apostles had been coming and going. No time to even eat. And they gathered around Jesus to tell him all that
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June 20, 2021 Trinity Episcopal Church Bend, Oregon Mark 4: 35-41 The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg It is evening in the story by Mark in the Gospel today. The day had been filled with Jesus telling parables. Parables about
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Matthew 25:1-13 November 8, 2020 The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg Trinity Episcopal Church, Bend Oregon The Sunday after Election I am going to reflect on the Gospel reading for this Sunday, November 8. It has no relation to the
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October 21, 2018St. Mark’s Sheffield EnglandMark 10: 35-45The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg (Note: for those who read my November 14 sermon given in St. Louis, there is duplicate material here.) “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever
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Second Church PresbyterianSt. Louis, MissouriOctober 14, 2018Rev. Marianne Wells BorgMark 10:17-31 Thank you Travis [Winckler] and Jane Smith for the invitation to be with you this morning. It is an honor. I am glad to be here. I am an
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Rev. Marianne Wells Borg August 26, 2018 Proper 16/John 6:56-69 Trinity Episcopal Church, Bend Oregon “It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless.” That’s what the author of John’s gospel has Jesus say today. Just two weeks
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August 12, 2018 The Rev. Marianne Wells Borg Trinity Episcopal Church, Bend Oregon Proper 14/ John 6:35, 41-45 This week I am going to give a nod to the Gospel of John. But first, a nod to Bill Ellis. Last
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